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Meat Loaf, Kaki Hunter, Art Carney, Gailard Sartain, Don Cornelius ... see more see more... , Rhonda Bates , Joe Spano , Richard Marion , Sonny Carl Davis , Alice Cooper , Deborah Harry , Chris Stein , Clem Burke , Jimmy Destri , Nigel Harrison , Frank Infante , Roy Orbison , Hank Williams Jr. , Merle Kilgore , Ramblin' Jack Elliott , Ray Benson , Sheryl Cooper , Alvin Crow , Blondie , Hamilton Camp , Larry Marshall , Alan Lee Graf , Larry Lindsey

Roadie is a showbiz saga about the working slobs who make live pop-music performances happen. Texas good ol' boy Travis W. Redfish (pop singer Meat Loaf) drives a Shiner beer truck on his appointed ro... read more read more...unds, but he becomes smitten with rock groupie Lola Bouillabase (Kaki Hunter), a "roadie" whose sole ambition in life is to bed her idol, Alice Cooper (playing himself). Travis' grizzled pappy, Corpus C. Redfish (Art Carney), feels disgusted by his son's lifestyle. After hearing that Cooper and his band are on tour, Lola sets out to catch up to them and offer her services, with Travis in pursuit. Along the way, they meet a number of pop-music stars -- Blondie, Asleep at the Wheel, Hank Williams Jr., Roy Orbison, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott -- who are all working on their own tours. Travis signs on, himself, as a groupie for a rock band, and is quickly dubbed "greatest roadie of all time," but he soon realizes that he must return to Texas for the wedding of his sister and his best friend. ~ Tom Wiener, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Alan Rudolph

Release Date: June 13, 1980

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DVD Release Date: April 15, 2003

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  • ajv2688
    January 8, 2011
    ajv2688
    Literally about the life of a roadie, a trucker turned roadie that is, played by Meatloaf. His character is pretty stupid, and the movie is very silly at times, but it also has good cameos from rock stars like Debbie Harry and Alice Cooper, so it's pretty cool. Overall, it's go... read moreod, but it could be better.
  • dukeakasmudge
    March 5, 2011
    dukeakasmudge
    I caught this flick on 1 of the free movie channels & I'm so glad I didn't have to pay to watch it.I just did not find 1 thing funny about Roadie & to tell you how bad it was, I can't even remember if I watched it all or not
  • madcat612
    August 6, 2009
    madcat612
    Wow....I'm speechless. It is hard to capture the trashyness the sheer cheesiness celebrated in this movie
  • The80sExpert
    January 16, 2009
    The80sExpert
    Although it was totally awesome to have so many rock stars in one movie, I couldn't stand some of those "texas" characters. I say: see this movie for the stars, the music, and to just sit back and enjoy, but don't expect too much.
  • forestdom1
    September 1, 2007
    forestdom1
    As bad as this one is I liked it for one line, repeated several times, that made sense to me.... "Everything works if you let it". For that fact alone I was entertained.
  • Brownsugarstudios
    August 15, 2006
    Brownsugarstudios
    It came out the same year as Blues Brothers. It has the same feel as Blues Brothers. In my opinion, it is better than Blues Brothers. Oh, and the Blues Brothers make a short appearence in it.

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Nick Pinkerton
January 4, 2012
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice

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Eric D. Snider
May 6, 2011
Eric D. Snider, Film.com

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Roger Ebert
November 13, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Emanuel Levy
July 27, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Christopher Null
February 15, 2005
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

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Philip Martin
January 7, 2005
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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April 25, 2011
Screen International

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Geoff Andrew
February 9, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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November 13, 2004
Film4

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